Teknolust (2002)

Anxious to use artificial life to improve the world, Rosetta Stone, a bio-geneticist creates a Recipe for Cyborgs and uses her own DNA in order to breed three Self Replicating Automatons, ... See full summary »

Director:

Lynn Hershman-Leeson

Writer:

Lynn Hershman-Leeson

Stars:

Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Davies, James Urbaniak

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tilda Swinton	...	Rosetta / Ruby / Marinne / Olive
Jeremy Davies	...	Sandy
James Urbaniak	...	Agent Hopper
John O'Keefe	...	Professor Crick
Karen Black	...	Dirty Dick
Al Nazemian	...	Dr. Bea
S.U. Violet	...	Dr. Aye
Josh Kornbluth	...	Tim
Thomas Jay Ryan	...	Preacher
Howard Swain	...	Alex
Diana Demar	...	Dana
John Pirruccello	...	Hair Dresser
Abigail Van Alyn	...	Sandy's Mom
Dick Bright	...	Phil
John Bradford King	...	Nathan (as Brad King)

Storyline

Anxious to use artificial life to improve the world, Rosetta Stone, a bio-geneticist creates a Recipe for Cyborgs and uses her own DNA in order to breed three Self Replicating Automatons, part human, part computer named Ruby, Olive and Marine. The SRA's act as 'portals' on the Internet, helping users to fulfill their dreams. The SRA's are nourished through touch. Because they were bred only with Rosetta's DNA, they need the balance of an Y chromo or male sperm to survive. Rosetta projects seduction scenes from movie clips onto Ruby, which absorbs as she sleeps. The SRA'S can not distinguish dreams from reality. Ruby acts out these scenes in real life with the men and shares her spoils with her sisters. However, Ruby's encounters suffer from impotence and unexplained rashes. Fearing a bio-gender war, the FBI sends in Agent Edward Hopper to solve the mystery. Puzzled, he turns for help from a private cyber detective. The men recover. Ruby falls in love and becomes impregnated by Sandy, ...

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Plot Keywords:

cyborg | rosetta stone | impotence | geek | female scientist | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some sexual content

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site [United States]

Country:

USA Germany UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 October 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Desejos Virtuais

Filming Locations:

San Francisco, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$9,475 (USA) (22 August 2003)

Gross:

$28,811 (USA) (3 October 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blue Turtle, Epiphany Productions, Hotwire Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Crazy Credits

While the credits run, Rosetta acts as a substitute for Ruby in the latter's internet portal and shares some thoughts and findings.

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Connections

References The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)

User Reviews

Baffling and Cheesy

Why do the female computer programs have to inject themselves with sperm? And how do you get sperm inside of a computer program, anyway? These kinds of questions needs answering. It's not the sort of thing you can gloss over.

This film is weird and silly and stupid. It's watchable -- I sat through the entire thing -- but it's utterly baffling. Things happen for no reason, problems are resolved effortlessly, no real tension to speak of, the science is glossed over and meaningless, the dialogue is goofy, there are holes in the plot that can swallow suns, and it's all very strange.

Some of the sets are interesting, some of the acting is just plain bizarre. John Kornbluth -- the fat, bald man from "Haiku Tunnel" -- is particularly out of place. The picture's well filmed, and overall it's a very unusual movie -- but not unusual enough to be good. But not so bad that it's painfully bad.

I have this odd feeling that there was some sort of metaphor at work here. Is it all about feminism? Technology? Lust? Finding yourself? What the hell is it about? I don't know -- and neither will you, if you can bring yourself to watch this film.

Warning: It's cheesier than a mouse convention.